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riversedge

(76,620 posts) Sun May 25, 2025, 10:15 AM May 25

SEC DOD Pete Hegseth: "Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore." [View all]

Have you notices that most posts coming out of the WH--have Trump usually just
sitting behind the Oval Office desk and others surrounding him yapping???

SEC DOD Pete Hegseth: “Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore.” @Acyn

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SEC DOD Pete Hegseth: "Under the previous administration, we looked like fools. Not anymore." [View all] riversedge May 25 OP

Who is he trying to kid? Marthe48 May 25 #1

Himself!! riversedge May 25 #7

Yeah, he was a nobody in trump 1.0. Was he even a FOX weekend anchor by then? brush May 25 #8

The opposite, I think. surfered May 25 #2

when he opens his yap onethatcares May 25 #3

Fools? If they looked like fools that would be a promotion. Ocelot II May 25 #4

Bwa ha ha. I seem to remember sleeping well at night when Biden was Prez. Ritabert May 25 #5

"Hegseth is the laughingstock of DOD. EVERYONE in that building knows that if they released classified information riversedge May 25 #6

Under the previous administration, everyone on the Trump team did look like fools. tanyev May 25 #9

What fools these Magas be Walleye May 25 #10

Everyone knows that they are the biggest fools of any administration! Omnipresent May 25 #11

Yes, now we look like drooling, inbred idiots . . . hatrack May 25 #12

Somebody is tired.......... riversedge May 25 #13

I dunno, Pete. Nothing says "looks like a fool" more than very obviously being a lapdog. JHB May 25 #14

"NOt aNYmore!" Wingus Dingus May 25 #15

Whiskey Pete is a fool. Sneederbunk May 25 #16

He's right. We look like arrogant idiots now. Beausoleil May 25 #17

Remember when the Biden Admin Mountainguy May 25 #18

Pete and Dumpy are idiots. OLDMDDEM May 25 #19

Methinks Ol' Whiskeyleaks needs a second opinion. (nt) appmanga May 25 #20

Yes, you did look like fools then. Now you look like foolish traitors making foolish statements. Ping Tung May 25 #21

Drunks ALWAYS look like fools, peedey. Clouds Passing May 25 #22

"We looked like fools. Now we SignalChat and remove all doubt" struggle4progress May 25 #23